Q1 - Reading: Toward a New HR Philosophy

Question 1

3 gaps between HR aspirations versus actual role

Answer 1

1. Executives and managers often think their job is to get financial results rather than to manage people
2. When executives and managers neglect people management, the HR function worries about lapses and tends to “lean in” to right them itself
3. When HR sees itself as manager, mediator, and nurturer, it further separates managers from their employees and reinforces a results-versus-people dichotomy

Question 2

Instead of HR, Managers should…

Answer 2

Managers, not HR, should define, live, and develop the company’s leadership.

Managers, not HR, should do the hard work of managing people-hiring, evaluating, rewarding, and disciplining employees-and managers should be evaluated on their results.

Question 3

Instead of HR, Employees should…

Answer 3

Employees, not HR, should “manage up” and take responsibility for solving problems directly with their managers

Question 4

Building leadership internally

Answer 4

Best option, evaluations based on behaviour of certain employees can be observed now

Question 5

3 ways for how HR can help managers manage

Answer 5

1. Ensure that managers make the critical HR decisions – they have to live with the decisions, so they should be empowered to make decisions.
2. Enable managers to make better hiring decisions through objective.
3. Agoda: Shape management decisions rather than make them.

Question 6

Hiring in HR

Answer 6

Avoid hiring people from big companies with HR experience as those companies have traditional “HR knows best” philosophies